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<< Text Pages >> Deir Mar Maroun - Ancient Village or Settlement in Lebanon

Submitted by AlexHunger on Monday, 19 November 2007  Page Views: 5897

Multi-periodSite Name: Deir Mar Maroun Alternative Name: Mar Maroun Temple
Country: Lebanon
NOTE: This site is 18.313 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Latitude: 34.352374N  Longitude: 36.375625E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Ancient Village or Settlement in Lebanon

Troglodite village on the flanks of mount Hermel along the Oronte River. Exact origin and date not known.

The site was later used by maronite Christians hiding from Monophysicist Christians, hence he name.
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